Data Platform Engineer - Investment Management IT Infrastructure

Your role

As a Data Engineer, you play a key role in designing, implementing and managing the infrastructure of our self-service Snowflake Data Platform. You ensure that the infrastructure can scale with growing data needs, remains robust under heavy load and strictly complies with security requirements. The organisation is being set up to work according to data mesh principles, and the data platform supports this way of working. You stay up to date with the latest developments and how they could be applied. You work closely with the team and users to ensure that all platform processes run smoothly and are optimally supported. With your expertise in Snowflake, dbt, Azure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), you help build a future-proof platform for data-driven decision-making.

Your responsibilities

• Design & implementation: You build and maintain a robust cloud infrastructure that enables our data organisation to operate at full strength. Your choices in architecture, security and automation have a direct impact on the performance and reliability of the platform.
• Optimisation & scalability: You ensure that the infrastructure is scalable, secure and reliable.
• Automation: You implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automated deployment pipelines.
• Monitoring & management: You manage, monitor and test the infrastructure to ensure stable operations.
• Advice & innovation: You research and implement innovative solutions that make the platform more efficient, secure and faster. You are given the freedom to test and apply new technologies that take the infrastructure to the next level.
• Collaboration: You work closely with other Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers and security experts to continuously improve the platform.

Your department

You will become part of the IT Data Infrastructure team within PGGM Investment Management. This team consists of 10 colleagues and manages and develops the data platform that serves as the central hub for data exchange, modelling and analytics. This platform forms the foundation for data-driven decision-making within the organisation and is continuously improved and expanded to meet the growing needs of the business. In addition, our team is responsible for managing the SimCorp Dimension data warehouse, the Risk Datastore and Crystal Reports. The team follows a DevOps way of working: we build it, we run it!

Technical skills

• Data platform knowledge: Snowflake and dbt (must have).
• Scripting & automation: PowerShell, Bash, Python.
• Version control & CI/CD: Git, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines).
• Azure Cloud expertise: Compute, Networking & Storage.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell.
• Containerisation: Kubernetes.

What you bring

• Higher professional education or university level, through education or experience
• Knowledge of and/or affinity with asset management
• 4 - 10 years of experience in a similar role/function
• Experience in drafting implementation plans and translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills (at least C1 level in Dutch and English).
• Business analysis skills to translate stakeholder needs into concrete infrastructure solutions

We offer

At PGGM we are proud of our core values: trust, teamwork and innovation. These values arose from the best stories of our colleagues, moments when they were at their best. We believe those moments occur when you can be 100% yourself. At PGGM, we value the unique combination of your personal and professional attributes. Because what really counts at PGGM are people, one hundred percent! At PGGM, you can count on:

• A pleasant workplace at our office in Zeist/Den Haag and, from the middle of 2028, in the center of Utrecht.
• A gross monthly salary in scales 16 or 17 between €5117,- and €8705,- based on 36 hours, depending on your knowledge and experience.
• A thirteenth month.
• A good pension scheme as a member of the PFZW pension fund (71% paid by PGGM, 29% by the employee).
• An annual Fit for the Future budget of €300 net, which you can use to improve your mental, physical, or financial fitness.
• A generous training budget for internal and external training courses or education.
• More than 26 vacation days (employees can choose to swap up to two national Christian holidays for a day that is important to them).
• Flexibility in working hours and working from home options.
• A net internet allowance of €45 per month (€540 per year).
• Group discount on supplementary health insurance (21% in 2024) and dental insurance (15% in 2024).
• A work-from-home arrangement with a maximum allowance of €900 to set up a health and safety-compliant home office.

You can find more information about our terms of employment and salary scales in our collective labor agreement: read more

Want to know more?

Is this your new role at PGGM?

Would you like to join us and share the responsibility of ensuring a good pension for more than 5.6 million pension participants? Then apply for this vacancy.

Do you have any questions? Please contact recruiter Dennis Derkss via [email protected].

More information about the application process can be found on our website: Our application procedure | PGGM.

PGGM and Hybrid Working

At PGGM, we have created a hybrid working environment that enables us to combine flexibility with collaboration. Our employees have the opportunity to work both in the office and remotely, depending on their personal preferences and the nature of their work. By offering hybrid working, we aim to give our employees the freedom to shape their own working style, while at the same time retaining the benefits of a shared workplace.

Application Process

Upon receiving your application, we will follow a number of steps to see if we are a good match for each other. During the recruitment and selection process for new employees, PGGM collects and processes personal data, which may also include reviewing social media profiles. PGGM believes it is highly important that this is done carefully, confidentially, transparently, and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related laws and regulations. Please read this document to understand what happens to your personal data.

Note to Agencies and Intermediaries

We are aware that many external parties would like to assist in our search or offer their services for this vacancy; however, at PGGM, we recruit our new colleagues directly. Acquisition regarding recruitment and selection assignments or unsolicited CV submissions are therefore not appreciated and will not be processed. Should we require external support, we will contact you directly.

We always communicate via official PGGM email addresses (@pggm.nl). Have you been approached by a third party and/or do you doubt whether the contact is genuinely on behalf of PGGM? Please feel free to verify if there is indeed a legitimate partnership with third parties by sending us an email or giving us a call.